A cross-sectional study of speech- and language-abilities of children with normal hearing, mild fluctuating conductive hearing loss, or moderate to profound sensoneurinal hearing loss

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Schönweiler ◽  
M Ptok ◽  
H.-J Radü
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Conductive Hearing Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Conductive Hearing

scholarly journals Prevalence of otomycosis in patients with cerumen impaction due to ear-phone usage during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-39
Author(s):  
Sunethra Suresh ◽  
Suraj Suresh ◽  
Sudha Sivasamy
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Conductive Hearing Loss ◽  
Fungal Growth ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Predisposing Factor ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conductive Hearing ◽  
Insignificant Correlation

Background: Otomycosis affects about 9% of patients with otitis externa. One of the predisposing factor is impacted cerumen.  Earphone usage causes cerumen impaction. In the light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, people are housebound due to prolonged lockdown. Hence people are more technology dependent as working from home and studying online has become the norm. Therefore, usage of earphones has proportionately increased, and the impacted cerumen cases have increased. Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze data from questionnaire to assess the prevalence of otomycosis among patients with impacted cerumen due to excessive earphone usage, establish associations between otomycosis and symptoms such as pain and hearing loss as well as the correlation between fungal growth and the long hours of earphones usage. The relationship between the age of participants and the usage of earphones during the pandemic was also explored. The data was collected from 100 individuals aged 14 to 51 years who sought treatment for symptomatic impacted wax at an ENT clinic in Malaysia. Results: The mean age of participants was 25.9 years. There was a 31% prevalence of otomycosis among these patients. Otalgia was present in 60% of patients with otomycosis (t value 2.94, coefficient 0.27). Approximately 37% of patients had a large air-bone gap indicating conductive hearing loss. There was an insignificant correlation between otomycosis and the longer hours of earphones usage (t value 1.51, coefficient 0.00015). No correlation was found between age of participants and the total hours of earphone usage (t value 0.63, coefficient 0.0012). Conclusion: This study offers initial evidence that earphone usage could be a predisposing factor in developing otomycosis. However, there was no evidence of longer hours of earphones usage increasing the chances of developing otomycosis. Additionally, symptoms like otalgia and conductive hearing loss could be present in both earwax impaction and otomycosis.

scholarly journals Awareness and knowledge of hearing loss, hearing management modalities, speech and language pathology among general public in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1583
Author(s):  
Omar Khalid Alsaawi ◽  
Saif Mohammed Alharbi ◽  
Abdulrahman Mohammed Althunian ◽  
Mohammed Fahad Alahmad
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Education And Awareness

Background: Awareness toward ear health, hearing loss hearing management modalities, speech and language pathology is necessary for early treatment and management. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted at two malls during October 2020 in Buraidah city, Qassim province. The questionnaire was designed to examine the demographics, education and awareness. Specific awareness questions about hearing loss, hearing management modalities, speech and language pathology were included to examine their knowledge about these pathologies. All statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS version 21. Results: The overall mean awareness score of hearing loss was 5.03±1.78 out of 13 points with poor and good level had been detected among 62.6 and 37.4% of respondents, respectively. For the awareness of ear and hearing management, the overall awareness score was 4.82±1.36 out of 7 points with 52.7 and 37.4% being classified into poor and good level, respectively. In the awareness toward speech development, the total awareness score was 2.64±0.98 out of 4 points with 41.8 and 58.2% were considered as poor and good awareness level, respectively. Statistical test revealed that individuals >25 years had significantly better awareness toward hearing loss (T=-4.331; p<0.001) and awareness toward speech development (T=-2.628; p=0.009).Conclusions: The awareness toward hearing loss, ear and hearing management seems to be lacking. More awareness campaigns, lectures, advertisement in social media about these pathologies and other educational methods are needed in order to fill the gaps in general awareness, more importantly in the awareness of hearing loss, ear and hearing management.

scholarly journals Hearing Loss as a Function of Aging and Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross Sectional Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e116161 ◽  
Author(s):  
In-Hwan Oh ◽  
Jong Hoon Lee ◽  
Dong Choon Park ◽  
MyungGu Kim ◽  
Ji Hyun Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

A cross-sectional study on hearing loss using world health organization protocol in Delhi

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Vipra Mangla ◽  
Suneela Garg ◽  
Charu Kohli ◽  
MMeghachandra Singh ◽  
Shelly Chadha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Assessment of Noise Exposure and Hearing Loss Among Workers in Textile Mill (Thamine), Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Aung K. Zaw ◽  
Aung M. Myat ◽  
Mya Thandar ◽  
Ye M. Htun ◽  
Than H. Aung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Textile Mill ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Hearing threshold levels and hearing loss among people in Zhejiang, China: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. e027152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dahui Wang ◽  
Huai Zhang ◽  
Haiyan Ma ◽  
Long Zhang ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Hearing Threshold ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Frequency Hearing Loss

Hearing loss (≥26 dB threshold in the better ear), as a common chronic condition in humans, is increasingly gaining attention. Relevant research in China is relatively scarce, so we conduct a population-based study to investigate the prevalence of hearing loss among age groups, genders and ears in Zhejiang province, China, from September 2016 to June 2018.Study designPopulation-based cross-sectional studyParticipantsA total of 3754 participants aged 18–98 years and living in Zhejiang province, China.Outcome measuresPure-tone audiometric thresholds were measured at frequencies of 0.125–8 kHz for each subject. All participants were asked to complete a structured questionnaire, in the presence of a healthcare official.ResultsThe prevalence of speech-frequency and high-frequency hearing loss was 27.9% and 42.9%, respectively, in Zhejiang. There were significant differences in auditory thresholds at most frequencies among the age groups, genders (male vs female: 31.6%vs24.1% at speech frequency; 48.9% vs 36.8% at high frequency) and ears. In addition to the common factors affecting both types of hearing loss, a significant correlation was found between personal income and speech-frequency hearing loss (OR=0.69, 95% CI 0.52 to 0.92), and between hyperlipidaemia and high-frequency hearing loss (OR=1.45, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.07).ConclusionThe prevalence of hearing loss was high among people living in Zhejiang, particularly males, and in the left ear. Moreover, hearing thresholds increased with age. Several lifestyle and environment factors, which can be influenced by awareness and education, were significantly associated with hearing loss.

Paediatric hearing loss: a community-based survey in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (09) ◽  
pp. 796-804
Author(s):  
R Larsen-Reindorf ◽  
E Otupiri ◽  
J E Anomah ◽  
B M Edwards ◽  
B Frimpong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Physical Finding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pure Tones ◽  
Otoscopic Examination

AbstractBackgroundPaediatric hearing loss rates in Ghana are currently unknown.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana; children (aged 3–15 years) were recruited from randomly selected households. Selected children underwent otoscopic examination prior to in-community pure tone screening using the portable ShoeBox audiometer. The LittlEars auditory questionnaire was also administered to caregivers and parents.ResultsData were collected from 387 children. After conditioning, 362 children were screened using monaural pure tones presented at 25 dB. Twenty-five children could not be conditioned to behavioural audiometric screening. Eight children were referred based on audiometric screening results. Of those, four were identified as having hearing loss. Four children scored less than the maximum mark of 35 on the LittleEars questionnaire. Of those, three had hearing loss as identified through pure tone screening. The predominant physical finding on otoscopy was ear canal cerumen impaction.ConclusionPaediatric hearing loss is prevalent in Ghana, and should be treated as a public health problem warranting further evaluation and epidemiology characterisation.

scholarly journals Association between metabolic syndrome and sensorineural hearing loss: a cross-sectional study of 11,114 participants

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 10 ◽  
pp. 459-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Aghazadeh-Attari ◽  
Behnam Mansorian ◽  
Mohammad Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari ◽  
Jamal Ahmadzadeh ◽  
Iraj Mohebbi
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Noise Induced Hearing Loss of Traffic Polices: Study of 30 Cases

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Md. M Rahman ◽  
Md. Daulatuzzaman ◽  
N Khan
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Mixed Hearing Loss

A cross sectional study was done in the department of otolaryngology of Central Police Hospital. Rajarbagh, Dhaka., during the period of January 2005 to December 2007 to find out noise induced hearing loss of traffic polices and to raise awareness for early diagnosis and treatment and also preventive measures of noise induced hearing loss. 'Thirty patients who were diagnosed as a case of hearing impairment by detailed history, clinical examination and related investigations were included in the study who were exposed to noise 0-20 years. Common chief complaints of the patients were impairment of hearing (100%), Minims (50%), dizziness (20%), aural discharge (6.66)%. Medical history of 11w patients were diabetes (6.66%) and hypertension (26.66 %). 40 % patients were smoker and 60 % patients were non smoker. A ssoc jar ed other disease like chronic supporative otitis media (CSOM) t vas present in 13.33 %. Pure tone audiometry revealed normal hearing 3.3 %, conductive hearing loss 10 %, sensorineural hearing loss 73.33 %, mixed hearing loss 13.33 % and normal hearing 6.66 %, mild hearing loss 50 To, moderate type of hearing loss 36.66 % and moderately severe 3.33 %, severe hearing loss were 3.33 %. Treatment of the patients were given by vitamin 13,, Lli, B6, cochlear vasodilators such as vinpocetine and hearing aids. Patients were advised to Hume to other department of police service. those traffic police persons are vulnerable of noise induced hearing loss determined by patients complain, clinical examination and investigations like PTA, were advised to be changed to other department of police service.

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